1 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime year: 1963
    • Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6 years old; one alleged instance of abuse took place during his LDS mission to Uruguay in 1963; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1998; as of April 2026, is in prison in Utah
    • CrimeCrime: 1960s, 1990s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime country: Uruguay,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 1998,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
    • Investigators said Oakley inspected some naked children in a room in his house that he called "the tick room" as he operated a daycare
      "He has abused so many children that he can't keep his victims straight."
      — Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson, 1998
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